Chapter 1543 Round Pot Conference
The land of Sichuan and Shu.
In the city of Guanghan.
The cold wind blew the flag on the city wall to beep and crackle. Near the watchtower of the city gate, soldiers stood upright with serious faces and heavily guarded.
Because Fei Qian and Xu Shu are holding a closed-door meeting on the watchtower of the city gate to discuss important military and political matters, so naturally all idlers and others will avoid it!
But, it is different from the scenes imagined by many ordinary people. Fei Qian and Xu Shu didn''t sit around the table in a serious manner, staring at the map of Sichuan and Shu, arranging troops and horses, and strategizing, but...
"It''s really interesting..." Fei Qian wrapped the cloak around his body a little lazily, while putting the meat slices into the hot pot, watching the meat slices roll up and down in the boiling soup, "Liu Xuande is indeed a talent... unexpectedly he lasted for such a long time... "
On a cold night, there is nothing better than hot pot.
Everything can be washed, the world is like a copper furnace.
"But it won''t last long..." Xu Shu ate the boiled sunflowers into his mouth, and picked up another chopsticks of green vegetables, and put them into the hot pot, "This dish is still delicious... Really fresh ...It''s been a long time since I ate such fresh vegetables..."
It''s not that Xu Shu likes vegetarian food, but because since entering Sichuan, due to supply reasons, he can only eat some dry food, bacon noodles and so on for a long time, so when he sees fresh vegetables, he is naturally More inclined to intake of nutrients of various vitamins.
Now the vegetables and fruits in Guanghan are gradually normal. One reason is that after nearly a year of continuous revision and maintenance, Micang Road has gradually fully recovered its vitality, and even surpassed the original main traffic route Jinniu Road. It was because of the relationship between the Zhengxi people and the local gentry Haoyou in Sichuan and Shu, and because of the trade exchanges, it was greatly eased, so it was also supplemented by a lot of local materials.
"The guys in Chuanshu are really rich!" Fei Qian said while eating meat happily, "Do you know how much a war horse can sell in Sichuan and Shu? Like the ones in Longxi, it''s a little worse. Five hundred thousand dollars, if it is better, one horse is at least a million! Tsk tsk, if there is no eunuch, the price will be doubled! I am a little tempted and want to sell all the horses I brought. ..."
"Sichuan and Shu have accumulated wealth for many years, and there is an extreme shortage of good war horses. It is not surprising that there is such a price..." Xu Shu looked at Fei Qian, "My lord, you really didn''t buy all the horses, did you?"
"Where will it be!" Fei Qian laughed twice, and said, "The price is so good, why are you willing to sell it at a low price? I asked Gongheng to add another auction in Langzhong, and then asked Zhao Lei to assist, and every five A few good horses will be auctioned off every day...Zhao Lei and the two of them can earn a lot of money just by selling some inside information about the horses, so they are very happy, and they probably won''t be willing to come back for a while..."
Xu Shu laughed out loud. "Wait until the two of them realize that they have gained money but lost their roots... Haha, I''m afraid they will vomit blood with regret..."
Fei Qian took another piece of meat and put it in the hot pot. "Mr. Zhao is pretending to be confused. His roots are in Brazil. Whether there is Guanghan has some influence on him, but not too much. As for that Di Renlei, he is really confused. I probably can''t think of it..."
Xu Shu thought for a while, then smiled and agreed.
"Looking at the weather, this winter, in the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, I''m afraid it will snow..." Fei Qian saw that the beef in the hot pot soup had faded, so he quickly scooped it up, dipped some seasonings at will, and stuffed it into his mouth inside.
The seasoning is very simple, just some sauce. Limited by the variety of ingredients in the Han Dynasty, there are no peppers, sesame paste, leek flowers, and fermented bean curd in later generations. However, because the ingredients used for hot pot are very fresh, there is actually no need for much seasoning, and the taste is quite good. good.
Know when beef is best to eat?
is just killed not long ago...
Well, strictly speaking, all meat should be eaten as soon as possible after slaughter, otherwise, no matter whether it is red meat or white meat, due to the reproduction of bacteria and fungi, it will either produce toxins or spoil the taste.
Of course, if you intend to eat something like canned herring, it''s as if you didn''t say anything.
Freshly slaughtered beef does not need to be acidified or marinated. It can be sliced ??directly into the pot and rinsed. If you want to eat fatter, you can choose some meat with snowflake texture. The fat and meat quality complement each other and complement each other. Tendon meat, juicy and chewy, and tender tenderloin, uniquely textured beef tongue, and some ribeyes...
Xu Shu nodded, and also chose a piece of meat to put into the pot, and while rinsing it, he said: "Yes, I asked some farmers in Sichuan and Shu in the surrounding area, and they said that in the past two years, in Sichuan and Shu, it''s December and January. There will be snow...but I don''t know how southern Sichuan is. It is said that it is better. It seems that it only fell a little last year, not much...It should be colder in Guanzhong..."
"Well... Speaking of Guanzhong..." Fei Qian raised his wine bowl, "This cup is a toast to the dates! The Guanzhong greenhouse has expanded again. This winter, tens of thousands of people should be able to live..."
"My lord, you want to say respect yourself, right?" Xu Shu laughed and touched Fei Qian, "If it wasn''t for the lord''s efforts to promote it, it would be of no use if you only have a son to respect one person... Where is the official garden now? Save tens of millions of years, let alone mourning in the cold winter thatched cottage..."
Fei Qian smiled, and without saying much, he raised his head and drank a bowl.
In fact, there were greenhouse vegetables in the Han Dynasty. It is recorded in Han Shu that the earliest greenhouse vegetables were planted in Taiguan Garden. "Plant green onions and leeks in winter, cover the roof, burn fire day and night, and grow when the temperature is warm." Because it is a special dish for the royal family, this greenhouse vegetable was impeached by ministers not long after it was planted. Vegetables grown are "unseasonable things, harmful to people, and should not be offered as offerings." When the emperor heard it, he thought it was reasonable, so he ordered to stop the greenhouse planting, "saving tens of millions of years", and all the officials celebrated with each other.
The ridiculous thing is that the palace no longer uses greenhouse vegetables for the royal family, but the local gentry began to grow them secretly. After that, the emperor said angrily, "...all these new flavors are out of character. Or they can be cultivated and matured. Or if you dig the sprouts, the taste will not go anywhere, and you will die and grow. Is it because of the timing?" Ordering the arrest of those gentry who dared to secretly plant greenhouse vegetables...
Immediately, the methods and methods of greenhouses and greenhouses were basically cut off, leaving only a few words on the slips. After a long time, maybe some people tried later, but they couldn''t find the way, and finally arrived at Feiqian. It was reproduced, or improved accordingly.
In the long Chinese culture, there are actually many things like this.
"General Yuan and Cao Sikong, hehe, we are finally going to do something..." Fei Qian took out the boiled meat, "...so we can''t be in a hurry... Liu Xuande, it''s not bad to delay..."
"Yuan Cao has held back for so long, it''s time to fight..." Xu Shu nodded, seemingly not surprised.
"Huh?" Fei Qian was a little surprised, looking at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu also picked up a piece of beef, looked at the texture of the beef, put it into the hot pot, and said: "When I was in Guanzhong, I talked about this with Shi Yuan..."
"Oh..." Fei Qian nodded, and after a while, he put down his chopsticks curiously. He thought it would be interesting to hear Xu Shu''s judgment on Cao Cao, so he asked, "Yuan Zhi, what do you think of Cao Mengde? How should this person be evaluated?"
In later generations, the evaluation of Cao Cao on idiots is like a novel written in the year of the horse moon and monkey. There is a lot of water, which is very helpful for health...
But in fact, because Cao Cao’s era is very far away from later generations, in such a long time, due to the constraints of historical documents, archaeological materials and other factors, Cao Cao’s own outline is actually not complete, or even unreal.
Just like the debate on Cao Cao''s Gaoling, many people already have anchors about Cao Cao in their minds, and naturally they will have very different perceptions, so there are many differences in Cao Cao''s face depict.
Cao Cao is a powerful minister, a military strategist, a poet, a traitor, a man who would rather bear the world, etc., but under these masks, which one is the real Cao Cao? Or, what part is that?
Just like Cao Cao''s escape from Luoyang, in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, there is only "Zhuo Dao, the abolished emperor was replaced by Hongnong King and Xiandi was established, and the capital was in chaos. Zhuo Biao Taizu was the captain of Xiaoqi, and he wanted to plan things. The Taizu changed his name and went back to the east" and so on, and then in the Wei Shu, there was an extra story about killing Lu Boshe, and even in the later books, the story about Cao Cao this time The escape itinerary became more vivid and detailed, and even Cao Cao''s personal psychological description appeared...
Only novels have psychological descriptions of characters!
There are even some books that describe what Cao Cao said when he sighed alone!
Some people actually read it as a history book!
Is the author of such a "history book" a ghost? Did you hear it while floating beside Cao Cao?
In addition, anyone who writes a book, even if it is a history book, will inevitably contain some private goods, more or less, so it can be clearly known that even if it is a Wei book, because the time when Chen Shou completed the Wei book It was in the Jin Dynasty, after Sima seized power, so the description of Cao Cao himself may not be all true...
It is better to have no books than to believe in books.
That''s it.
At first, Cao Cao''s image was mixed, but after the Song Dynasty, it was basically regarded as a traitor. Su Shi''s "Dongpo Zhilin" records: "Wearing Liu Xuande''s defeat, there are people who cry out; hearing Cao Cao''s defeat, that is Happy to sing and sing fast. This is how you know the virtue of a gentleman and a villain, and you will never be killed for a lifetime." The negative image of Cao Cao was further intensified in the Yuan Zaju. For example, Cao Cao is the biggest villain in Yuan dramas such as "Bo Wang Burning Tun" and "A Thousand Miles of Alone", but he was completely crushed by the coffin board. In the later novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was The image of the villain, the villain, was sealed and basically fixed...
Well, so, if Cao Cao knew that after his death he would be portrayed so darkly by Luo, would it be possible that during the Three Kingdoms period, all the people named Luo in the world would be snapped?
"Cao Mengde is a man with great ambition and strategy, so don''t underestimate him..." Xu Shu dipped the cooked meat with a thick layer of seasoning and started eating. I don''t know if it''s because of Xu Shu''s big and thick physique, but he prefers heavy flavors.
"Mmmm..." Fei Qian nodded and looked at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu blinked, looked at Fei Qian, and seemed to have a "?"
"Is this the end?" Fei Qianpa counted with his fingers, "Just ten words? Even if the evaluation is over?"
"Yes, otherwise, how many characters does the lord need? Do you still want to write a tribute to Cao Mengde?" Xu Shu frowned, and said with some embarrassment. ..."
"Ahem..." Fei Qian almost choked, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let''s not talk about this... Yuan Zhi, who do you think will win the battle between Yuan and Cao?"
"If there are no accidents, Yuan Ying will win!" Regarding this point, Xu Shu didn''t hesitate at all, and directly gave a quite positive answer.
"Ahem, ahem..." Fei Qian was choked again, and waved his hand, signaling Xu Shu to continue.
"There is too much difference in strength between Yuan and Cao..." Xu Shu glanced at Fei Qian, saw Fei Qian took a sip from the wine bowl, stopped coughing, stopped paying attention, put down his chopsticks, and said, " Jizhou is rich in the world, and it is generally complete, not much corrupted. In addition to Youzhou and Qingzhou, the Yuan family has at least one and a half big states as its background... and Cao Mengde, a dilapidated Yanzhou, a corrupt Yuzhou, what else? , oh, there is also Xuzhou, which he messed up... Although they are all three states on the surface, how can the difference be compared? Cao Mengde''s winning rate is at most 30%, and he can only win quickly. The longer it takes, the harder it is to win..."
Xu Shu pointed and continued: "It''s like the current Sichuan and Sichuan. Although Liu Xuande occupies more than half of the central Sichuan, and the lord only has four cities in Brazil, Liu Xuande still has no chance of winning. The longer it takes, the greater the consumption, as long as we don''t make trouble, Liu Xuande will have no chance and will be defeated in the end..."
Fei Qian nodded, then rubbed the beard on his chin, pondering.
It looks, it seems...
Then do you want to...
Forget it, let’s solve the Sichuan and Shu problems first.
"However, we can''t underestimate this Liu Xuande..." Fei Qian said, "Before we thought that letting Wu Yi and Wu Ziyuan go back would be able to create a wedge between us, but... Liu Xuande actually endured it..."
Xu Shu nodded, then said with a smile: "Liu Xuande did a good job in this, but... Liu Xuande can endure Wu Ziyuan, can he also endure others?"
"In the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, these people are also interesting..." Fei Qian agreed with Xu Shu''s words, and then continued, "However, I hope Liu Xuande will do it earlier... So we shouldn''t put so much pressure on Liu Xuande... Shall we Taking advantage of the cold autumn and winter, withdraw the troops? Give Liu Xuande more space..."
"Give Liu Xuande a sigh of relief? Well, it''s okay to withdraw troops, but I''m just a little worried about the Nanchong area..." Xu Shu frowned and thought, and then said while thinking, "Anhan and Yu are back together, or we can come here along Wulijian , You can also enter Nanchong along the Hanshui River. Although General Xu was defeated in Nanchong once, and his spirit was frustrated, the damage to these guys is not too great. If they make a comeback, it will be more or less troublesome..."
"Since you don''t plan to put much pressure on Liu Xuande, why not..." Fei Qian stretched out two fingers, gestured forward, looked at Xu Shu and said, "Attack Anhan all the way, go all the way to recover..."
Xu Shu nodded with a smile, and then said: "Attack An Han in the open, and attack Yufu secretly?"
"Yes!" Fei Qian also smiled, "And... I think, you can still do this..."
The two of them got together, muttering to themselves, making creepy laughter from time to time, wandering along the cracks in the doors and windows of the watchtower...
(end of this chapter)